Improvement in gages for hair-cutting



L. T. BOW & J. S. WILLIAMS.

GAGE FOR HAIR CUTTING.

No.181,904. Patented Sept. .5, 1876.

95M KW z may W Bi! V UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAFAYETTE T. BOW AND JOHN S. WILLIAMS, OF BURKSVILLE, KENTUCKY.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAGES FOR HAIR-CUTTING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 8 1,904, datedSeptember 5, 1876; application filed July 17, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LAFAYETTE '1. Bow andJOHN S. WILLIAMS, of Burksville, in the county of Cumberland and Stateof Kentucky,

have invented a Barbers Hair-Gage; and we A and B represent two ordinarycombs of any suitable size, which are riveted or otherwise fastened tothe end ofa flat spring, 0. This spring is bent in the center in double8 form,

so as to make a handle, D, and leave the two combs directly one abovethe other, the tendency of the spring being to separate the combs. Fromthe lower armof the springO extends a curved bar, D, through a slot ormortise in the upper arm of the spring. The bar D is perforated with aseries of holes, and a pin, a, is passed through either one of the holesabove the upper arm of the spring, to keep the combs just such adistance apart and no farther, though they can be compressed as desired.

With this device the hair can be cut any length desired by first placingthe key in the proper place, and, before inserting the combs in thehair, pressing them together, and by so doing the top comb B will raisethe hair when the pressure on the spring is removed. All the hairthatisabove the top comb B is then cut, and the barber will so continue untilthe job is completed. v

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Two combs attached to the ends of a bent metal spring, to form ahair-gage, as herein set forth.

2. The combination of the two combs A B,

bent spring 0, forming the handle D, the per-' forated bar D, and pin orkey a, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

LAFAYETTE T. BOW. JOHN S. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses STEPHEN T. Bow, WM. BRAKE.

